Incredibly, both George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix lived at the same address in London. Just not together, to be clear There are exceptions, but history seems to indicate that all the great ...

A humiliated singer redeemed her reputation in the debut of ‘Messiah,’ which Handel originally keyed to Easter.

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Three days before his death in 1759 Handel signed a codicil to his will saying he hoped he might be buried in the Abbey and desired that his executor erect a monument for him. The funeral was attended ...

Bass baritone Douglas Ray Williams relied on over-played masculine bluster as Achilla. In the role of Tolomeo, countertenor ...

In most of Handel's oratorios, the soloists dominate and the choir sings only brief choruses. But in Messiah, says Laurence Cummings, director of the London Handel Orchestra, "the chorus propels ...

Experience the energy of baroque London, a lively metropolis where musical influences intersect. Picture a vibrant city humming with creative spirit, attracting artists who exchange diverse ideas ...

a London craze whose popularity later faded. Facing bankruptcy by the 1730s, Handel revived his career by turning from ...

Back to Hanover – but London was too tempting and he returned to England and further triumphs. Time passed (two years in fact) and Handel was still absent from the Hanoverian court. When Queen Anne ...

In 2024, Aci by the River introduced a darkly witty take from director Jack Furness, transporting us up the Thames and on to a film set where the Cyclops was incarnated as a tyrannical Italian film ...

Composed by Handel in just 24 days, “Messiah” is written like an ... The infant mortality rate in London at the time was 75 percent. And so, 'Messiah' is a kind of piece of art that is grappling with ...